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Mapletown, Pennsylvania Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mapletown weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Mapletown, PA
Saturday, July 4 at 8:11 AM
78
°
Clear
Feels like
84°
Humidity
77%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:57 AM
Sunset
4:51 PM
Mapletown, PA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMapletown, PA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit with a 34% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 71°H 96°
Mapletown, PA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Rain
    34%
    0.26″
    96°71°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    74%
    0.06″
    89°71°-7°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    T-storm w/ Hail
    74%
    0.11″
    84°65°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    38%
    84°64°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    16%
    89°60°+5°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    50%
    92°67°+3°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    84°65°-8°
Mapletown, PA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
183° · backing 12°
Direction
S
183°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 4
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 4 · pk 18 @ 1:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 242SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 12° from the s.
Mapletown, PA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
983.0
+1.0 mb in 3h · rising · 29.03 inHg
Now
983.0
mb
3h
+1.0
mb
12h
0.0
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 982986
975980985990-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW985.7981.6983.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Mapletown, PA
Air quality
71
AQI
Moderate
+4 in 6h

AQI 71 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 32.5 µg/m³ (AQI 95) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
32.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
33μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneModerate
70μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 33 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 15 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 33
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 15

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 32.5 µg/m³ (AQI 95) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Mapletown, PA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
39.1mi
UNLIMITED
89 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
12:11 UTC · Mapletown, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
12:11 UTC · Mapletown, PA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Mapletown, PA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Mapletown, PA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Mapletown, PA
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:25 AM
Sunrise
1:57 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
4:51 PM
Civil dusk
9:25 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Mapletown, PA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
82% illuminated
Moonrise
11:13 PM
Moonset
10:24 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Mapletown, PA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Mapletown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 6°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Mapletown

  1. Sat96°71°34%
  2. Sun89°71°74%
  3. Mon84°65°74%
  4. Tue84°64°38%
  5. Wed89°60°16%
  6. Thu92°67°50%
  7. Fri84°65°57%
  8. Sat88°68°46%
  9. Sun79°64°36%
  10. Mon77°59°21%
  11. Tue80°58°23%
  12. Wed89°66°23%
  13. Thu94°68°35%
  14. Fri93°69°52%
  15. Sat80°70°45%
  16. Sun88°67°38%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Mapletown

SPC has placed Mapletown in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Mapletown

  • 15338

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.